Choosing the best school for your child

Leighton Park has won Senior School of the Year in the Independent Schools Association (ISA) Awards 2023-24 and was also a finalist for Independent Senior School of the Year in the TES Schools Awards 2023. We are an independent day and boarding school in Reading, Berkshire for girls and boys 11-18 years.
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We challenge our students to imagine a better world. We then support them to develop the character, confidence and determination to be changemakers.

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  • A fully co-ed learning community built on kindness. A school that combines the best academic progress in Berkshire with award-winning personal development and sector-leading pastoral care
  • A prestigious IB World School, combining strong analytical skills with powerful creative habits of mind to enable our students to thrive in a fast-changing world.
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Top performing school in England

The UK Government's most recent analysis places Leighton Park as the best performing school in Berkshire for the academic progress achieved by our Sixth Form leavers. We are one of eight schools in England to have always been in the top 100.
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National leader for Future Readiness

We won the ISA national award for Future Readiness 2024, recognising the School as a national leader for preparing students for success in a fast-changing world - with the skills and mindset to thrive.
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Multi Award-winning Pastoral care

Our leading pastoral care is underpinned by small tutor groups, first name terms, innovative use of technology and close support for students to develop a strong sense of self.
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Excellent in all areas - ISI Report

The Independent School Inspectorate (ISI) have awarded Leighton Park 'excellent' in all areas, the highest possible attainment for an independent school.
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Recent Awards

National leader for Future Readiness 2024

Leighton Park has been recognised as a national leader for preparing students to thrive in a fast-changing world, winning the Independent Schools Association (ISA) Award for Future Readiness 2024.
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Muddy Award for Most Inclusive School

Most Inclusive School of the Year 2024

Leighton Park is a Finalist for the Most Inclusive School of the Year Award 2024 in Muddy's Best Schools Awards. We were also Highly Commended in their Giving Something Back award category.
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Independent Senior School of the Year 2023

Leighton Park won the prestigious Senior School of the Year award at the Independent Schools Association ISA Awards 2023. We were also a Finalist for the Award for Excellence in Sustainability in the same awards.
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TES Award

Independent Senior School of the Year 2023

Leighton Park has been shortlisted for the prestigious ‘Independent Senior School of the Year’ award in the 2023 TES (Times Education Supplement) School Awards. This is one of the most sought after awards in education, recognising leading practice in the country’s top schools.
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Leighton Park School at a glance

560 girls and boys
27 GCSE options, average class size of 16
A choice of A Levels or International Baccalaureate in Sixth Form, average Sixth Form class size of 7
Over 90 co-curricular options – all but four at no extra cost
Three cooked meals a day included in the fee
Free wraparound care for day students, available until 9.00pm
Exceptional tutor support with tutor groups of 11 and tutors seeing their tutees for dedicated time every day

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Independent Schools Inspectorate

Excellent pupil and teacher relationships and the exemplary standards of pupil behaviour create the right environment to enable pupils to grow in self-confidence in preparation for the next stages of their lives.
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Good Schools Guide

“Stuck unapologetically to revered, old-fashioned values of encouraging independence of thought, creative thinking, collective spirit, spine and responsibility.”
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Muddy Stilettos

"A progressive first-name-only Quaker school with 65 acres in the centre of Reading, with impressive results in STEM and creative subjects."
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Independent Schools Association

“Personal development remains at the heart of the school’s ethos as reflection is built into different parts of the day, allowing young people proper opportunity to contemplate progress against their individual targets."
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Shinfield Road
Reading
Berkshire, UK
RG2 7DE
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